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February 20, 2013

Thats where I'm getting confused... do i create and define the parameters through the plugin editor before I encrypt the script? Lets say I do, do I copy anything into the "script" area?

i did some screen shots to help explain:

Image01: (the parameters defined)

Image02: (nothing pasted in script editor, should there be?)

Image03: (this is the file name before encrypting)

Image04: (the file i choose to encrypt)

Image05: (the encrypted file I save and the location, what extension should this file have, notice there is already a file in the folder named 'CreateRectangle.vso' because of the parameters I created in vectorworks, do i choose to overwrite that file or create a new one?)

What do you think?

February 19, 2013

I want to reference a worksheet from another file, but the 'Reference' option is grayed out in the resource browser. Does anyone know why this might be happening? Both files were created with the same version of vectorworks.

February 19, 2013

I'm sorry I'm confused and not having success. Do i need to set up the script in the vectorscript plugin editor with all my parameters before encrypting?

Normally without encrypting I do the following:

1. Create the script parameters in the VS Plugin Editor with the plugin name CreateRectangle.

2. Paste my script in the script area and compile.

3. Add it to my workspace.

4. It works.

This is the process i'm attempting to going through now:

1. Create the script parameters in the VS Plugin Editor with the plugin name CreateRectangle.

2. Encrypt the script by selecting the CreateRectangle.px file

3. Save the new CreateRectangle plugin file to the Plugins folder. Should this have an extension? It doesn't seem to save with one.

4. Then i shut down vectorworks and restart.

I don't understand how the newly created encrypted plugin connects to the parameters in the VS Plugin Editor. I must be doing something wrong or out of order.

also when you say to comment out the variable definitions is this what you mean?

PROCEDURE plugin;
VAR

x, y, width, height:REAL;

result		: BOOLEAN;
objname		: STRING;
oh,rh,wh		: HANDLE;

BEGIN
{ retrieve custom object information }
result:= GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh);

{ if object information was successfully retrieved }
IF result THEN BEGIN
	{ retrieve parameters }

{  width	:= PWIDTH;
   height	:= pHEIGHT;  }


{$INCLUDE Macintosh HD:Users:Library:Plugins:draw.px}

END;

END;

RUN(plugin);

I really appreciate your help. Thanks

February 19, 2013

This is the .px that I select when encrypting

PROCEDURE plugin;
VAR

x, y, width, height:REAL;

result		: BOOLEAN;
objname		: STRING;
oh,rh,wh		: HANDLE;

BEGIN
{ retrieve custom object information }
result:= GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh);

{ if object information was successfully retrieved }
IF result THEN BEGIN
	{ retrieve parameters }

	width	:= PWIDTH;
	height	:= pHEIGHT;


{$INCLUDE Macintosh HD:Users:Library:Plugins:draw.px}

END;

END;

RUN(plugin);

Then the draw.px file has the following:

 Rect(x, y, width, height);

When I run the Encrypt on the first px file it tells me:

width := PWIDTH; (identifier not declared)

height := pHEIGHT; (identifier not declared)

I'm not sure what is going on. How do the variables interact with the parameters in the VS Plugin Editor? How does the script know what the default parameters are? I'm guessing that disconnect has something to do with it.

February 19, 2013

Ok so i tried encrypting and I got a bunch of errors telling me all my parameters were not declared. Any idea what that is about? I know the script compiles and works correctly if I enter it through the Vectorscript Plugin editor.

February 19, 2013

also, can i put the includes in a subfolder in the plugin folder?

February 19, 2013

so if the plugin is stored in the plugin folder my px files need to be stored there as well? (only until encrypted... then i can remove them?)

I know what you mean with the empty line. I've run into the problem many times where I didn't hit return after I pasted an IF THEN statement. I usually ended up being told that I'm missing an END; the fix is just going back to the include file and hitting return after the END; and it then compiles correctly.

February 19, 2013

Is that as easy as saving them with a .px extension from my text editor?

I'm also interested and best practices when it comes to the location of the include files.

Currently, I have a central folder on my computer where I store all my plugin scripts. Each plugin has its own subfolder. Once the plugin is encrypted does it still need access to the files in this folder or does it become one all encompassing plugin file?

I'll perform some tests in the days ahead.

February 19, 2013

I believe a long while back I wrote a script that ended up being to many characters for the script editor. Since then, I've been using includes to break down my scripts into smaller pieces. I really like working this way, but is it possible to encrypt the script along with the referenced include files?

February 19, 2013

got it!

I was attempting to set the criteria individually in the database header cell. that was wrong. it was as simple as right clicking the database header row and setting the criteria.

Thanks for your help.

February 19, 2013

wait a tic I may have found what I'm looking for

February 19, 2013

Kevin,

Sorry, but I'm a little confused on how to setup the check criteria:

=('Plugin Object Name'.'scheduleCheck'=TRUE'.'Field to display')

anywhere close?

February 19, 2013

I have a plugin that creates a door. I'm going to use the same plugin to make new and exisitng doors. I need a check box or pulldown to set the door to New or Existing. If the door is new it is included in the schedule/report... if its existing it is not included in the schedule, but remains a plug-in object on the drawing.

February 18, 2013

I need to create a check box to include/remove a plugin object, at will, from a report database. Anyone have any references on how to accomplish this?

Thank You

February 14, 2013

ok, but i don't want click to be an invisible parameter that does not show in the OIP. so here's a silly question... how do I retrieve this invisible parameter?

February 14, 2013

but even if I remove click:=1; from the retrieve parameter section nothing seems to change; the object still does not rotate.

if I change click:=1; to click:=2; it draws the rectangle then rotates it 15 degrees, but the button does not do anything. This leads me to believe something is wrong with the way I'm setting or getting the field, or something is coded incorrectly in the

CASE theButton OF buttonID_1: section

...

February 13, 2013

Ok, so in the last example i was able to get the rectangle to grow 12" everytime I clicked the button.

In this next example I want the rectangle to rotate. Each time I click the button I want the rotation to be assigned a new value via the CASE OF.

What I want to happen:

1. rectangle is created (click is set to 1, rotation set to 0)

2. button pressed (click does not = 4, becomes click + 1, click becomes 2, rotation set to 15)

3. button pressed again (click does not = 4, becomes click + 1, click becomes 3, rotation set to 30)

3. button pressed again (click does not = 4, becomes click + 1, click becomes 4, rotation set to 45)

4. button pressed again (click does = 4, click becomes 1, rotation set to 0)

It draws the rectangle, but it's not rotating. I know I'm doing something wrong any ideas on this one?

PROCEDURE Example3;

CONST

kObjOnInitXProperties = 5;
kResetEventID = 3;
kObjXPropHasUIOverride = 8;
kWidgetButton = 12;
kObjOnObjectUIButtonHit = 35;
buttonID_1 = 1234; {user-definable index}

VAR

theEvent, theButton :LONGINT;
result :BOOLEAN;
sourceFieldNumber :INTEGER;
buttonEventID :INTEGER;
displayString :STRING;
thisDoesNothing :LONGINT;

x,y,w,h,rotate:REAL;
click:LONGINT;
f:STRING;
H1:HANDLE;


result2		:BOOLEAN;
objname		:STRING;
oh,rh,wh	:HANDLE;

BEGIN

{ retrieve custom object information }
result2:= GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh);

{ if object information was successfully retrieved }
	IF result2 THEN BEGIN
		{ retrieve parameters }

		w		:= Pw;
		h		:= Ph;

		click:=1;
		f:=Num2Str(0,click);
		SetRField(oh,objname,'click',f);

		END;


BEGIN

vsoGetEventInfo(theEvent, theButton);

CASE theEvent OF
{User has single-clicked the objects icon.}

	kObjOnInitXProperties:

		BEGIN

			{This tells VW to let the object decide what goes onto the Object Info palette.}

			result := SetObjPropVS(kObjXPropHasUIOverride, TRUE);

			{Now we manually add the "normal" parameters...}
			{One way is to use this single call to add all of the existing parameters.}

			result := vsoInsertAllParams;

			{Finally, we add the button.}

			displayString := 'My Great Button';

			result := vsoAppendWidget(kWidgetButton, buttonID_1, displayString, thisDoesNothing);

		END;



{User has clicked a button in the Object Info palette.}

kObjOnObjectUIButtonHit:

BEGIN

	CASE theButton OF buttonID_1:

		BEGIN 

			f:=GetRField(oh,'click',f);
			click:=Str2Num(f);

			IF (click=4) THEN BEGIN

				click:=1;
				f:=Num2Str(0,click);
				SetRField(oh,objname,'click',f);

			END
			ELSE BEGIN

				click:=click+1;

				f:=Num2Str(0,click);
				SetRField(oh,objname,'click',f);

			END;

			ResetObject(oh);

			SysBeep;

	END;

END;

END;


{Object reset has been called.}

kResetEventID:

BEGIN

	CASE click OF

	1:	BEGIN

			rotate:=0;

		END;

	2:	BEGIN

			rotate:=15;

		END;

	3:	BEGIN

			rotate:=30;

		END;

	4:	BEGIN

			rotate:=45;

	END;

END;

Rect(x, y, x+w, y+h);
H1:=LNewObj;
HRotate(H1,x,y,rotate);

END;

END;

END;

END;

Run(Example3);

February 13, 2013

perfect that worked!

Thanks DWorks!

February 13, 2013

Ok, so it draws the rectangle but when i click the button it changes the new width of the rectangle to 12 instead of adding the 12 to the original x. I know i'm doing something wrong just not sure what.

PROCEDURE Example3;

CONST

kObjOnInitXProperties = 5;
kResetEventID = 3;
kObjXPropHasUIOverride = 8;
kWidgetButton = 12;
kObjOnObjectUIButtonHit = 35;
buttonID_1 = 1234; {user-definable index}

VAR

theEvent, theButton :LONGINT;
result :BOOLEAN;
sourceFieldNumber :INTEGER;
buttonEventID :INTEGER;
displayString :STRING;
thisDoesNothing :LONGINT;
x,b,d:REAL;
a,c:STRING;


result2		:BOOLEAN;
objname		:STRING;
oh,rh,wh	:HANDLE;

BEGIN

{ retrieve custom object information }
result2:= GetCustomObjectInfo(objname,oh,rh,wh);

{ if object information was successfully retrieved }
IF result2 THEN BEGIN
{ retrieve parameters }

	x   := Px;

	b:=0;

	END;


BEGIN

vsoGetEventInfo(theEvent, theButton);

CASE theEvent OF
{User has single-clicked the objects icon.}

kObjOnInitXProperties:

	BEGIN

	{This tells VW to let the object decide what goes onto the Object Info palette.}

	result := SetObjPropVS(kObjXPropHasUIOverride, TRUE);

	{Now we manually add the "normal" parameters...}
	{One way is to use this single call to add all of the existing parameters.}

	result := vsoInsertAllParams;

	{Finally, we add the button.}

	displayString := 'My Great Button';

	result := vsoAppendWidget(kWidgetButton, buttonID_1, displayString, thisDoesNothing);

END;



{User has clicked a button in the Object Info palette.}

kObjOnObjectUIButtonHit:

	BEGIN

		CASE theButton OF buttonID_1:

			BEGIN 

				AlrtDialog('Custom Button Dialog');

				b:=b+12;

				a:=Num2StrF(b);

				SetRField(oh,objname,'x',a);

				ResetObject(oh);


			END;

	END;

END;


{Object reset has been called.}

kResetEventID:

BEGIN

x:=Px;

c:=GetRField(oh,'x',a);

b:=Str2Num(c);

d:=b+x;

Rect(0, 0, d, 1);

END;

END;

END;

END;

Run(Example3);

February 13, 2013

Thanks Josh,

I'll play around with it. I appreciate the direction.

Derek

February 13, 2013

Using the link you provided and example 3 I was able to get the button to be created.

I started doing a few test to see if I could get the square object to change size when the button is clicked. I changed the second x coordinate in the rect (0, 0, 1, 1) to an 'x' variable.

x:=1;

rect(0,0,x,1)

when the button is clicked:

x:=x+12;

Unfortunately, I'm not having any luck. I'm not sure if i'm putting my variables in the right places. Below is the original code. Any ideas where I should insert the x:=x=12;?

PROCEDURE Example3;

CONST

kObjOnInitXProperties = 5;
kResetEventID = 3;
kObjXPropHasUIOverride = 8;
kWidgetButton = 12;
kObjOnObjectUIButtonHit = 35;
buttonID_1 = 1234; {user-definable index}

VAR

theEvent, theButton :LONGINT;
result :BOOLEAN;
sourceFieldNumber :INTEGER;
buttonEventID :INTEGER;
displayString :STRING;
thisDoesNothing :LONGINT;
x:REAL

BEGIN

{ This is where I placed x:=1; }

vsoGetEventInfo(theEvent, theButton);

CASE theEvent OF
{User has single-clicked the objects icon.}

kObjOnInitXProperties:
BEGIN

{This tells VW to let the object decide what goes onto the Object Info palette.}

result := SetObjPropVS(kObjXPropHasUIOverride, TRUE);

{Now we manually add the "normal" parameters...}
{One way is to use this single call to add all of the existing parameters.}

result := vsoInsertAllParams;

{Finally, we add the button.}

displayString := 'My Great Button';

result := vsoAppendWidget(kWidgetButton, buttonID_1, displayString, thisDoesNothing);

END;

{User has clicked a button in the Object Info palette.}

kObjOnObjectUIButtonHit:

BEGIN

CASE theButton OF buttonID_1:

BEGIN 

AlrtDialog('Custom Button Dialog');

{ I thought I could place the x:=x+12; here, but it didn't seem to do anything}

END;

END;

END;

{Object reset has been called.}

kResetEventID:

BEGIN

Rect(0, 0, 1, 1);

END;

END;

END;

Run(Example3);

Any thoughts?

February 12, 2013

I would like to create a button in the object info pallette that allows me to flip an object exactly how it works with the vectoworks door object. Is this possible?

I don't need to the code to make the object flip. I just need to know if there is a way to create the button. I don't think I overlooked it in the parameter list.

February 12, 2013

Im creating a set of objects with the same plugin. The plugin has a user defined string parameter.

Lets say the string parameter is "name"

I create object1 and set the name parameter to "Red"

I create object2 and attempt to set the name parameter to "Red". I would like it to alert me that "Red" is already in use, give me the option to set it to something else, or allow me to override and continue to use "Red".

Is this possible?

February 12, 2013

Thanks guys!

The Database Headers option was exactly what I was looking for.

February 12, 2013

I've created a report for a plugin object and I'm using it to create a schedule. Is there a way to hide the database row which contains all the formulas?

for example...

A database row is created at row 5. each plugin gets a row 5.1, 5.2, I want to hide the original row 5 that has the running total and leave all other rows 5.1, 5.2 etc.

Is this possible?

thank you

Derek

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